The chef: Paul Ragan—a French Culinary Institute grad who held a string of cheffing gigs in New York City (Asia de Cuba, L’Orange Bleue, Miracle Grill, Keens Steakhouse) before owning and operating Toma in Madrid for half a decade. Most recently in Los Angeles, he worked as a private chef, a would-be food truck proprietor, and a healthy-school-lunch advocate at Revolution Foods. He currently resides around the corner from the restaurant along with his wife and AltaEats co-owner Angela Visca.